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| ⚫ | '''Bortons''' is a small settlement on the southern bank of the [[Waitaki River]] in [[New Zealand]]'s [[South Island]]. It is located on [[New Zealand State Highway 83|SH 83]], 7 |
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| ⚫ | '''Bortons''' is a small settlement on the southern bank of the [[Waitaki River]] in [[New Zealand]]'s [[South Island]]. It is located on [[New Zealand State Highway 83|SH 83]], 7 km east of [[Duntroon, New Zealand|Duntroon]].<ref>Dowling, P. (ed.) (2004). ’’Reed New Zealand atlas’’. Auckland: Reed Publishing. Map 93. {{ISBN|0 7900 0952 8}}</ref> |
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The settlement is named after surveyor and civil engineer John Borton, a pioneer of the district, who acquired a nearby [[Station (New Zealand agriculture)|run]] in 1854.<ref>[[Alexander Wyclif Reed|Reed, A.W.]] (1975). ''Place names of New Zealand''. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 47.</ref> |
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Bortons Pond, the headwaters of the lower Waitaki irrigation scheme, is located at Black Point, to the east of Bortons.<ref>"[https://www.lowerwaitakiirrigation.co.nz/gallery/bortons-pond/ Bortons Pond]," Lower Waitaki Irrigation Company. Retrieved 9 July 2022.</ref> It irrigates some {{convert|20000|ha|acres}} of farmland across the [[South Canterbury]] and [[North Otago]] regions.<ref>"[https://www.lowerwaitakiirrigation.co.nz/gallery/history/ History]," Lower Waitaki Irrigation Company. Retrieved 9 July 2022.</ref> |
Bortons Pond, the headwaters of the lower Waitaki irrigation scheme, is located at Black Point, to the east of Bortons.<ref>"[https://www.lowerwaitakiirrigation.co.nz/gallery/bortons-pond/ Bortons Pond]," Lower Waitaki Irrigation Company. Retrieved 9 July 2022.</ref> It irrigates some {{convert|20000|ha|acres}} of farmland across the [[South Canterbury]] and [[North Otago]] regions.<ref>"[https://www.lowerwaitakiirrigation.co.nz/gallery/history/ History]," Lower Waitaki Irrigation Company. Retrieved 9 July 2022.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:55, 22 July 2024
Bortons is a small settlement on the southern bank of the Waitaki River in New Zealand's South Island. It is located on SH 83, 7 km east of Duntroon.[1]
The settlement is named after surveyor and civil engineer John Borton, a pioneer of the district, who acquired a nearby run in 1854.[2]
Bortons Pond, the headwaters of the lower Waitaki irrigation scheme, is located at Black Point, to the east of Bortons.[3] It irrigates some 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) of farmland across the South Canterbury and North Otago regions.[4]
Bortons lends its name to the Bortonian stage, one of the divisions of the New Zealand geologic time scale.
References
[edit]- ^ Dowling, P. (ed.) (2004). ’’Reed New Zealand atlas’’. Auckland: Reed Publishing. Map 93. ISBN 0 7900 0952 8
- ^ Reed, A.W. (1975). Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 47.
- ^ "Bortons Pond," Lower Waitaki Irrigation Company. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "History," Lower Waitaki Irrigation Company. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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